Concealed-stitched binding for sewed articles



C. McNEIL.

CGNCEALED STITCHED BINDING FOR SEWED ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.24, 1919.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

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UNITED STATES CHESTER MoNEIL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO UNION SPECIAL MAC HINE CONCEALED-STITCHED BINDING FOR SEWIJD ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 12,1921.

Application filed March 24, 1919. Serial No. 284,718.

To all whom it may concern. 7

Be it known that I, CHESTER MoNEIL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illi nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concealed-Stitched Bindings for Sewed Articles, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in stitched articles, and more particularly to a stitched article, wherein the parts are secured by a line of stitches formed in one and the same operation.

An object of the invention is to provide a stitched article, wherein the parts of the article are secured together and in fixed relation to each other, by concealed stitches that is, stitches which do not show on the face of the article, as the thread fromg which the stitches are formed is located between the front face portion of the article and the folded in edge thereof, while the .loops formed in the stitching thread pass through said folded in edge and some other part of the article for securing the same in fixed relation to each other.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stitched binding, wherein said binding is secured to the body fabric by concealed stitches of the above character, the thread lying between the folded in edge of the bindingon the front face of the material to which the binding is attachedand the' body portion of the binding on said front face, and the loops in the thread extend through the folded in edge, the material and the binding strip at the other face of the material for securing the parts of the binding strip to the material and in fixed relation to each other.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved binding of the above character, wherein both edges of the binding lap on to the body material to the same extent and the concealed stitches are located close to the base of the fold in the binding strip, so as to hold the binding strip tightly about the edge of the materia These and other objects will in part be obvious and will in part be hereinafter more fully disclosed.

In the drawings 7 Figure 1 is a plan view showing a portion of a body fabric and a binding secured thereto by my improved concealed stitching, the binding strip being broken away to show the folded edge and the concealed stitches for securing said folded edge to the body fabric;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

F ig. 3 is a horizontal line 3-3 of F ig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing a slightly modified form of the inventionin that the lower edge of the binding strip is not folded;

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing one edge of the binding strip folded to a greater extent thanthe other and secured by concealed stitching which lies in a plane cutting the body portion of the fabric at an acute angle;

Fig. 6'is a sectional view showing a modified form of the invention, wherein a strip is folded so as to form a belt loop or coat hanger, and the parts of the strip are secured in fixed relation to each other, by my improved concealed stitching;

ig. 7 is a similar View, but showing both edges of the strip turned in.

The invention consists broadly in a stitched article which is produced by folding a strip of fabric and stitching the folded parts by concealed stitching for securing said parts in fixed relation to each other. From the broad aspect of the invention, it is immaterial whether these folded parts of the strip are merely folded together, thus forming a completed article, or whether the folded parts of the stripare secured to a body materiahthus form'ng a binding or the like for the body material.

I have shown as my preferred illustration of the invention a binding secured to a body material by my improved concealed stitching, and in this embodiment of the invention the binding strip has its edge turned under at the front or outer face of the material and said binding strip is secured to the'material by a single line of con cealed stitching, which includes a thread lying between the folded in portion of the binding strip at the right side of the material and the body portion of said strip and said thread is formed into loops which pass through the folded in edge of the material and the binding strip on the other face of sectional view on the the fabric, thus securing the parts of the binding strip in fixed relation to each other and to the body material.

In another form of the invention, I have shown the strip folded and the parts secured and held in fixed relation to each other by my improved concealed stitching, thus forming a strap which may be used for belt loops, coat hangers or the like. The construction of this stitched article is similar to that of the binding strip except that said strip is not joined to a body material.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, I will first describe the binding strip and my improved concealed stitching for attaching the same to the body material, and I will then describe a strip folded and the parts thereof secured in fixed relation to each other by my improved concealedstitching for forming belt loops, coat hangers or the like.

In Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, I have shown a body fabric 1, to which a binding strip 2 is secured. On the front face of the body fabric the binding strip is folded, as at 3, underneath the upper side portion of the binding strip and lies between said upper. side portion of the binding strip and the body fabric. The binding strip is folded around underneath the body fabric, as indicated at 4. In Fig. 2, the edge 4 is folded in, as indicated at 5, while in Fig. 4, said edge is left unfolded. The binding strip is secured to the body fabric by a series of concealed stitches 6, which are formed from a thread 7, which is preferably the needle thread of a stitching mechanism. The thread 7 lies along the infolded edge 3 of the binding strip and between said infolded edge 3 and the front face of the binding strip. The loops formed in the thread 7, and which areused to form the concealed stitches 6, extend downwardly through the infolded edge 3 of the binding "strip and then through the body fabric 1,

and finally through the folded edge 5 of thelower face 4 of the bindin strip, or through the lower face 4 of the binding strip, which is not folded, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. These loops formed in the thread 7 may be directly concatenated forming a single line of single thread chain stitches, or they may be locked by loops formed in a looper thread, thus forming two thread double locked chain stitches or said loops may be locked by a shuttle thread.

, It will be noted that the concealed stitches 6 are placed very close to the base of the fold in the binding strip-that is, at the pointwhere the fabric turns or swings to form the infold, and as a result, when the binding strip is secured to the body material. it will be tightly secured thereto and can not become flabby, which would make it more or less unsightly. It will also be noted that the binding strip, as shown in Figs. 2

and 4, extends over the side faces of the body material to the same extent on both sides thereof, and this makes a very neat binding for the body material with little or no waste in the material from which the binding strip is made, as by lapping both faces to the same extent, a binding strip of minimum width may be used.

The essential feature of the invention consists in the placing of the thread 7 so that it is concealed by the front face of the binding strip, and, therefore, on the right side of the goods, or the body fabric, no stitches appear and at the same time the binding strip is firmly stitched to said body fabric.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, I have shown the loops in the thread 7 as directly concatenated forming a single row of single thread chain stitches.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings, I have shown a slightly modified form of the invention-- in that, the lower face 4 of the binding strip is folded underneath the body fabric to a greater extent than the upper face of the binding strip, so that the concealed stitches 6 extend through the body fabric in a direction at an acute angle to the plane of the body fabric. Otherwise, the invention is the same as that described in connection with Fig. 1.

In Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, I have shown a slightly modified form of stitched article, wherein my improved concealed stitching is used for formingor securing the parts of a strip in fixed relation to each other, so as to form belt loops, coat hangers or the like. The strip of fabric, which is indicated at 9, has its edge 10 folded insimilar to the folding in of the edge of the binding strip, and the body portion'of said strip 9 is folded around, as indicated at 11, underneath the folded in edge 10. The line of concealed stitching is indicated at 12 and consists of a thread lying between the folded edge 10 and the body portion of the strip 9. Said thread is formed into loops which ex tend through said folded in edge 10 and the lower turned under portion 11 of the strip.

' It will thus be seen that the parts of the strip are firmly united by these concealed stitches and the thread which unites the parts does not appear in any way on the front or outer face of the finished article.

The finished article may be cut into suitable lengths for forming belt loops or coat hangers, and the face of the strap thus formed is free from stitching. The line of stitching holds the parts of the strip in fixed relation to each other.

In Fig. 7, I have shown an article similar to that shown. in Fig. 6 except that the lower portion 11 is also folded in, as indicated at 13, and the line of concealed stitches 12 pass through both folded in edges of the strip and the lower portion of the strip indicated at 11. It is obvious that a machine such as shown in the patent to Higgins, granted August 22d, 1916, No. 1,195,814, may be modified so as to carry out the invention described above.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction'may be made without departing from the spirit of the invenion as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A stitched article comprising a fabric strip having its edge folded underneath the body portion of the strip, said body portion of the strip being folded around and beneath the folded in edge of the same, concealed stitches for securing the parts of the fabric strip in fixed relation to each other, said stitches including a thread disposed between the folded in edge of the strip and the body portion of the strip and having loops extending through said folded in edge and the portion of the fabric strip extending beneath said foldedin edge.

2. A stitched article comprising a fabric strip having its edge folded underneath the body portion of the strip, said body portion of the strip being folded around and beneath the folded in edge of the same and having its edge substantially flush with the fold forming the folded in edge of the strip, concealed stitches for securing the parts of the fabric strip in fixed relation to each other, said stitches including a thread disposed between the folded in edge of the strip and the body portion of the strip and at the base of said folded in edge, and having loops extending through said folded in edge and the portion of the fabric strip extending beneath said folded in edge.

3. The combination of a fabric, a strip extending about the edge of the fabric and having one of its edges folded underneath between the body portion of the strip and the fabric, concealed stitches for securing the strip to the fabric, said stitches including a thread disposed between the folded edge of the strip and the body portion of the strip which is folded, and having loops extending through said folded edge, the fabric and the strip at the other face of the fabric for securing said strip to the fabric.

4. The combination of a fabric, a binding strip extending about the edge of the fabric and having its edges folded in between the fabric and the body portion of the binding strip, concealed stitches for securing the and the ,fabric,

strip to the fabric, said stitches including a thread disposed between the folded edge of the strip and the body portion of the strip which is folded, said thread having loops formed therein extending through the folded edge only of the binding strip at one face of the fabric through the fabric and the folded edge and body portion of the binding strip at the other face of the fabric.

5. The combination of a fabric, a strip extending about the edge of the fabric and having one of its edgesfolded underneath and between the body portion of the strip and the fabric, said strip being disposed so as to lap the fabric to the same extent at each face thereof, concealed stitches for securing the strip to' the fabric, said stitches including a thread disposed between the folded edge of the strip and the body portion of the strip which is folded, and having loops extending through said folded edge, the fabric and the strip at the other face of the fabric for securing the strip to the fabric.

6. The combination of a fabric, ,a strip extending about the edge of the fabric and having one of its edges folded underneath and between the body portion of the strip concealed stitches for securing the strip to the fabric, said stitches including a thread disposed between the folded edge of the strip and the body portion of the strip which is folded and lying close to the base of said folded edge, and having loops extending through said folded edge, the fabric and thestrip at the other face of the fabric for securing said strip to the fabric.

7. The combination of a fabric, a strip extending about the edge of the fabric and having one of its edges folded underneath and between the body portion of the strip and the fabric, a single line of stitches for securing both of the, edges of the strip together and the fabric, saidstitches including a series of thread loops extending solely through the infolded edge of the strip on the front face of the fabric, the fabric and the strip on the other face of the fabric, whereby the stitches for securing the strip to the fabric are concealed from view on the front face of the fabric.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. CHESTER MoNEIL. Witnesses:

A. B. CLorHmR, S. GEORGE TATE. 

